EPIC tenants Bay Photonics have recently announced the appointment of two new experienced engineering employees as the company continues to grow.

Amyas Holroyd has joined the team as Applications & Test Engineer. Amyas has spent his professional career in the local photonics community and brings 30 years of experience having worked for 15 years for Nortel, followed by 13 years with Oclaro and Lumentum developing high bit rate telecommunications products. Amyas will have a key role in supporting the transfer of products from the development phase into full production.

Liam Moroney has joined the Engineering Team and will be leading several new development projects. Liam graduated with an EEE degree from Plymouth University, has completed an MSc in Applied Photonics from Heriot-Watt University and is soon to be concluding an MBA at Edinburgh Business School with support from Bay. Having been awarded an industrial placement at Gooch and Housego (G&H) in 2011, Liam then rejoined G&H’s Systems Technology Group after graduating, where he spent 8 years working on the development of a number of successful photonic products in the biomedical and space communications sectors.

Bay Photonics Managing Director, Glenn George, explained, “We have made major progress with a number of our quantum projects which have led to the need to increase our product development capabilities. We’ve been very fortunate to attract two experienced local photonics engineers who will be a welcome addition to the continued expansion of the Bay Photonics team.”

EPIC Centre Director, Wayne Loschi, is impressed with Bay Photonics’ rapid growth since their relocation “Glenn is building on an already impressive team here at EPIC.It’s great to see new faces join the business and younger talent like Liam will bring fresh ideas to the company whilst learning from the more experienced engineers.”

For more information on EPIC visit www.epic-centre.co.uk . To find more about Bay Photonics visit www.bayphotonics.com 

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EPIC houses several up and coming businesses that are creating high-profile jobs and opportunities for the local area. A example of this is Nanusens who moved into the centre earlier in the year.

The award winning company has created a single chip solution that is going to revolutionise many of the devices that we use on a daily basis.  Their market disrupting technology frees-up space that can be used for larger batteries for longer operational life battery or additional features.

To support this expansion, Nanusens are now recruiting for four new positions all of which will be based within EPIC. These include:

• MEMS Engineer
• Software Lead
• Product Manager Sensors
• Product Manager RF

Interested applicants are invited to send their CV to [email protected] stating the position that they are applying for together with a cover note explaining why they believe they the right candidate.

If you are interested in joining Nanusens and our ever-growing cluster of hi-tech companies at EPIC please contact [email protected]

Prior Scientific relocated their Queensgate division into EPIC during the summer of 2019 becoming one of the founder tenants of the centre. They are now fully established within EPIC and are a valued member of the local vibrant Hi Tech Cluster.

Queensgate has been a premier supplier of high precision nanopositioning products for over 40 years. The company was founded in 1979 from the groundbreaking research at Imperial College in London and quite literally “wrote the book” on nanopositioning.
Despite these unprecedented times, the business has enjoyed encouraging growth and continued to invest in R&D subsequently releasing two new products since their move into EPIC. Queensgate’s products are present in several sectors including space, astronomy and military. The business also has several high profile clients details of which we are unable to disclose. Fascinatingly, Queensgate’s products are used to test over 50% of the world’s hard drive devices and are supplied to some very satisfied customers.

EPIC Director, Wayne Loschi, is delighted with Queensgate’s progress “Prior relocating Queensgate to EPIC immediately raised the profile of the centre. Their technology and innovation encapsulates the concept of what we are building here. The logical next step is to support closer collaboration between our tenants and the local cluster.”

Prior have a released a new brochure that showcases the technologies developed and manufactured by Queensgate within EPIC. This is available to download HERE. Alternatively you can find out more about the business at www.nanopositioning.com .

If you are interested in joining Prior and our ever-growing cluster of hi-tech companies at EPIC please contact [email protected]